Donald Trump is still charged with four counts related to his alleged efforts to illegally overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    138·
    2 months ago

    No real changes here, next date to watch is Friday, 8/30:

    If you’re trying to keep track of where we’re at in the Trump prosecutions:

    Updated 08/27/2024

    Washington, D.C.
    4 federal felonies
    January 6th Election Interference
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest  <- You Are Here
    Trial - The trial, originally scheduled for March 4th, had been placed on hold pending the Supreme Court ruling on Presidential Immunity.

    The Supreme Court ruled that the President does enjoy limited immunity for “official acts”, it now returns to lower court to determine what, if any, of his acts leading up to 1/6 were “official”.

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/01/politics/supreme-court-donald-trump-immunity/index.html

    On 8/27, a new federal grand jury re-indicted Trump on all four counts in a hearing this time excluding evidence barred by the Supreme Court.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-indicted-federal-election-interference-case-supreme-court-immuni-rcna168503

    Previously, Jack Smith had asked for a delay until 8/30 to determine a path forward, it would seem this new indictment is the path.
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    New York
    34 state felonies
    Stormy Daniels Payoff
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest
    Trial
    Conviction <- You Are Here Guilty, all 34 counts.
    Sentencing - Originally scheduled for July 11, 2024, now delayed until September 18th following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Presidential immunity.
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/politics/trump-sentencing-date-delay-proposal/index.html

    Georgia
    10 state felonies
    Election Interference
    As of 3/13/24 - Judge McAfee cleared 6 charges, 3 against Trump, saying they were too generic to be enforced.
    As of 3/15/24 - The case may proceed, but either Fulton County DA, Fani Willis and her office or Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade must remove themselves due to the appearance of impropriety.
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    All 19 defendants have surrendered. n Trial - October 4th, 2024 hearing has been set to determine if Fani Willis can remain on the case.
    Three defendants, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, and bail bondsman Scott Hall, have all pled guilty and have agreed to testify in other cases.
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Florida
    40 federal felonies
    Top Secret Documents charges
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Original indictment was for 37 felonies.   3 new felonies were added on July 27, 2023.
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    Trial - The trial had been set to begin May 20, 2024, but was subsequently delayed indefinitely by the judge, and has now been dismissed outright under the claims that the prosecutor was not Constitutionally appointed.
    https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-tosses-trump-documents-case-ruling-prosecutor-unlawfully-appointed-2024-07-15/

    Jack Smith appealed Judge Cannon’s ruling on Monday, 8/26 to the 11th circuit.

    https://www.npr.org/2024/08/26/g-s1-19642/special-counsel-jack-smith-judge-cannon-appeal-trump-classified-documents
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Other grand juries, such as for the documents at Bedminster, or the Arizona fake electors, have not been announced.

    The E. Jean Carroll trial for sexual assault and defamation where Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $5 million before immediately defaming her again resulting in a demand for $10 million is not listed as it’s a civil case and not a crimimal one. He was found liable in that case for $83.3 million.

    There had been multiple cases in multiple states to remove Trump from the ballot, citing ineligibility under the 14th amendment.

    The Supreme Court ruled on March 4th that states do not have the ability to determine eligibility in Federal elections.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-colorado-supreme-court-donald-trump-ballot-ruling/

    • Kalysta@lemm.ee
      18·
      2 months ago

      Most if the acts were part of his campaign. And from what I understand you can’t campaign as an official act.

      Also he has nothing to do with certifying an election. That’s the VPs job.

      Also. Thank you for this amazing breakdown.

      • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Right, but the bullshit SCOTUS decision means that anything that might be part of an official act (such as communicating with the VP) is at least presumptively immune and can’t be used as evidence until after you can prove it should not be immune.

        This of course opens the door for Biden to simply order the military to kill Trump, then pardon whoever actually followed that illegal order. Since commanding the military and writing pardons are core constitutionally prescribed duties of the presidency they are absolutely immune and also cannot be used as evidence of any crime.

        • Kalysta@lemm.ee
          5·
          2 months ago

          If Biden had balls this might make him the most popular president in history right now.

          But he won’t do that because democrats realize how fucking stupid that decision is. And if prosecutors are smart - like the one that just refiled the federal charges - they’ll argue that a jury found that these were not official acts and we’ll get to watch scotus try to argue that you can’t use juries to decide facts anymore.

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
    105·
    2 months ago

    But Smith’s case was put on hold for months while Trump’s lawyers litigated their argument that he was immune from the charges because he was president at the time the alleged acts took place.

    The Supreme Court took up the dispute. In a July 1 ruling vehemently opposed by its three liberal justices, the court held that former presidents enjoy “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for certain executive conduct and “presumptive immunity” for all other official acts.

    I still can’t get over the Supreme Court declaring that the U.S. effectively has a king.

    • noride@lemm.ee
      63·
      2 months ago

      While simultaneously defining themselves as the arbiters of that kingship, no less.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      We should see if the Ukrainians have a spare handful of those new cruise missile drones available to visit the residences of the Tribunal of Six.

      For real though, if those fucksticks actually try to ignore electoral results and hand the election to Trump, I genuinely do not see the situation getting resolved without a very significant level of political violence - perhaps even ultimately devolving into open civil war. Seriously, look at what Ken Paxton is doing in Texas only days ago. That is some authoritarian police state shit.

  • zcd@lemmy.ca
    251·
    2 months ago

    Riker should be along here momentarily to play a sour note

  • auzy@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 months ago

    Of course, because nothing has changed. He was doing these crimes before becoming president

    It wouldn’t surprise me that if it is why he gets people to call him president Trump still. Because it makes it seem he’s still doing official duties.

    He should consider himself lucky that he’s not going to jail for rape too

    • meowMix2525@lemm.ee
      6·
      2 months ago

      All presidents are referred to as presidents after the fact. Sometimes they specify former or current but it’s not necessary. Although, THE president is usually referring to the current guy.